Monday, March 06, 2006 @12:06 AM
I love watching infants going through their infant developing stages. I find these little human-beings really amazing.
I especially love to see the little babies starting to walk clumsily and then trip and fall. Yeah, I’m so evil right? Nooo, I am not that mean and horrible. In fact I feel heartache and pain for them when they fall. There were times I felt like rushing to them when they were about to fall. What stopped me from doing so was since I am a complete stranger to the babies and the parents; I was a bit worried what if I were mistaken as a kidnaper or something? That won’t look too funny eh?
Anyway, back to these awe-inspiring little humans. Don’t you find them amazingly courageous? Despite tripping and falling so many times, they still continue to stand up again and start walking. Some of these babies cry when they fall. I know some parents would be worried and console their kid. That’s more like what my parents did. They even stopped us from repeating the same mistake. I’ve seen some younger parents. They stood aside and let the kid deals with the failure. Sometimes they would say some encouraging words and the kid would cease crying and then stand up again and continue his/her clumsy walks.
I find these little human-beings really courageous. They are just tiny fragile babies who know nothing much. Yet they can be so brave and courageous in getting up from falling and continue walking forward. They feel the pain. They cry when they fall. Yet they never give up. They never let the pain fear them. They never fear to try again.
What about us adults who are much stronger than these babies? We fall, fail and hurt ourselves too, in different ways. But how many of us will not let the fear haunt and stop us from standing up again after falling?
I’ve tripped, fallen and injured myself many times. I had to gather a lot of courageous before standing up again. Along side, I had to seek support and encouragement from close ones. I had to sweat hard to conquer the fear and pain of the fall. It might not be that difficult to stand up and walk again IF we haven’t let the pain we experienced before fears us. Physical wounds are easy to mend, as long as you disinfect and clean your wounds. The body’s immune system will usually do its jobs. But emotion wounds are in fact more difficult to mend. Don’t babies have emotion wounds too when they fall? Maybe they do. But their world is a lot simpler. They may fear for a second and then it subsides. How I wish we all have less complicated thinking like these small humans!
It takes time to heal a wound. I may take a long time to lick my wounds. But I shall gain back my strength some day and shall not fear in trying again. Eh, I’m a strong adult and thus shouldn’t let those little babies beat me. I know I will. Don’t they all say time is a great healer?
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